Automated backups filling up and keep running

[jcrea]

Ever since I added a new import for my Linux servers(viewtopic.php?t=76267), the /store/backups/nagioslogserver directory is filling up and the backup job seems to be running every minute or so. My current indexs are using 109 gig but by backup directory is using 206 gig.
There are 17208 files/folders in this directory which seems way too much, never had a reason to look in here before so IDK.
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:10 1745255401
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 79 Apr 21 13:16 1745255461
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:12 1745255521
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 54 Apr 21 13:16 1745255525
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 54 Apr 21 13:14 1745255585
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 54 Apr 21 13:16 1745255642
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:14 1745255652
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 79 Apr 21 13:16 1745255675
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 79 Apr 21 13:16 1745255701
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 54 Apr 21 13:16 1745255761
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:16 1745255797
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:17 1745255822
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:18 1745255881
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 21 13:19 1745255942
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 297M Apr 21 13:01 nagioslogserver.2025-04-21.1745253013.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 297M Apr 21 12:53 nagioslogserver.2025-04-21.1745253022.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 297M Apr 21 13:14 nagioslogserver.2025-04-21.1745253033.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 297M Apr 21 13:03 nagioslogserver.2025-04-21.1745253291.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 297M Apr 21 13:16 nagioslogserver.2025-04-21.1745253847.tar.gz
Inside all those directories are a state file.
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 400 Apr 21 13:00 state.json
I'm running Nagios Log Server 2024R1.3.2.

[jcrea]

Looks like my issue involves the same issue here viewtopic.php?t=76257
How can I get the fix for this?
Thanks.

[jcrea]

I created a ticket for this https://answerhub.nagios.com/support/s/ ... ep-running
Caes Number 00013784

[jmichaelson]

hi @jcrea. it looks like support sent you the hotfix for this. can you confirm whether it resolved your issue?

[jcrea]

The hot fix seems to have solved the issue for the command subsystem jobs.
However, I'm curious as to what the /store/backups/nagioslogserver directory is supposed to look like.
I manually deleted most of the 17,000 directories in there to free the space up on 4/22 and this is what it looks like in it's entirety today, 4/24.
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 151 Apr 22 00:33 1745292361
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 113 Apr 22 00:42 1745293843
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 113 Apr 22 01:09 1745294821
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 113 Apr 22 00:49 1745295181
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:33 1745296381
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:34 1745296441
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:35 1745296502
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:36 1745296561
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:37 1745296625
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:39 1745296742
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:40 1745296801
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 54 Apr 22 00:42 1745296861
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:43 1745296982
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:43 1745297037
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:44 1745297042
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:45 1745297101
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:46 1745297161
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:47 1745297226
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:49 1745297341
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:49 1745297347
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:49 1745297366
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:50 1745297401
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:51 1745297461
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:52 1745297521
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:53 1745297581
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:54 1745297641
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:54 1745297656
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:54 1745297673
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:55 1745297701
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:56 1745297761
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:57 1745297821
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:59 1745297941
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:59 1745297963
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:59 1745297974
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 00:59 1745297981
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:00 1745298001
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:01 1745298094
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:04 1745298282
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:04 1745298288
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:06 1745298402
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:08 1745298522
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:09 1745298589
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:09 1745298596
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 54 Apr 22 01:14 1745298709
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:14 1745298896
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:15 1745298920
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:17 1745299046
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:18 1745299084
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:20 1745299204
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:20 1745299227
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:22 1745299353
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:47 1745300863
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:49 1745300992
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 01:54 1745301299
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:15 1745302539
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:36 1745303792
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:48 1745304520
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:48 1745304522
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:52 1745304776
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:53 1745304828
drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 24 Apr 22 02:58 1745305135
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 298M Apr 22 03:55 nagioslogserver.2025-04-22.1745307748.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 298M Apr 22 03:55 nagioslogserver.2025-04-22.1745308037.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 298M Apr 22 07:45 nagioslogserver.2025-04-22.1745322051.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 298M Apr 23 07:44 nagioslogserver.2025-04-23.1745408392.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 298M Apr 24 07:44 nagioslogserver.2025-04-24.1745494791.tar.gz
Thanks.

[jmichaelson]

at this point you're safe clearing out the directories. the backups you want are in the ,tar,gz files; if you don't want to retain the older ones you can delete all but the most recent one.

[jcrea]

Thanks!